BUSINESS CONFERENCE
KARTHIKEYAN SANTHARAM
is the Managing Director and CEO of the Relux Group of Companies. His daily duties include but are not limited to formulating policies, planning recommendations to the Board and overseeing the operations of the organisation.
He ensures staff and Board have sufficient and up-to-date information and is constantly looking to the future for change opportunities.
DATO’ CM VIGNAESVARAN JEYANDRAN
holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Marketing) from the National University of Malaysia and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Strategy Leadership and Change; He began his career as a helper in his mother’s tea stall and after graduation, was a part of the team that built the KLIA, KLCC and power plants.
DATO SUSILA
DEVI
has been involved in trade development and promotion work for the last 22 years, holding numerous positions with the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), the national trade promotion organisation of Malaysia. Her last position before retiring in November 2016 was as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
ASOKAN R RAJA
served more than 32 years with the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), the apex export promotion organisation set up by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. He worked as Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) headquartered in UAE. Asokan led many trade delegations and organized several Buyer-Seller Meets; Trade Fairs / Exhibitions across the world. He provided inputs to various State Governments in formulating their export promotional measures as a part of their Industrial Policies. He regularly writes articles on international trade, trade agreements in magazines.
BOBBY VARANASI
is one of the acknowledged Top 25 Globalization Leaders in the global sourcing space and the Founder of Matryzel Consulting – an independent advisory firm that has been acknowledged as the Best of the World’s Best Outsourcing Advisory Firms in 2019, and as among the Top 20 World’s Best Outsourcing Advisory Firms ( three years in a row - 2013, 2014 & 2015). He brings with him over two decades of experience in consulting and management across Technology, Business Services and building global businesses across sectors like Banking, Financial Services, Broking, Investment Management etc. He advises federal governments across North & South America, MENA, APAC and Oceania on ICT sector development with particular emphasis on policy transformation, and industry-government partnerships aimed at creating domestic resilience through increasing productive (and inclusive) faculties of technology entrepreneurs. Bobby also advises Fortune 500 customer organizations and emerging market entrepreneurs on strategy, growth, sourcing, expansions, mergers & acquisitions.
MANOKARAN MOTTAIN
is the Chief Economist of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad. He was recently appointed as a council advisor for the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
His previous appointments were with the AmBank Group, SBB Securities and Bank Negara Malaysia. Manokaran was also recently appointed as an Investment Panel member of the Human Resources Development Fund and also as a member of the consultative committee for the Malaysian Indian Blueprint, by the Prime Minister’s Office. Manokaran also previously served as a member of the Economic Council (2011-2013) and PEMIKR. In addition to his contributions in several governmental task forces, he also sits as a Member of the Advisory Board at Nottingham School of Economics, Malaysia campus.Manokaran received a Bank Negara Malaysia postgraduate scholarship in 1993 to pursue Masters of Arts in Development Economics at Victoria University of Manchester
DR RAKEN
MARIMUTHU
who has 45 years of experience as an administrator of colleges, is an educationalist, a versatile lecturer, a HRDF approved Master Trainer, both at local and in ternational level, a business consultant, a social worker, an author and a poet. Currently he is attached to Brickfields Asia College and is also actively involve in SWIBA-Selangor Wilayah Indian Business Association.
BALA
MURUGAN
KGS has had a distinguished career as an Ecopreneur, Author and a Business coach over the past 18 years, He is the Founder and CEO of LeaderPods - an intellectual organization based out of Chennai, India - focussed on providing Industrial and Home Automation solutions using various Internet of Things concepts that enhance productivity, comfort and safety aspects.
UMESH CHANDRA
and his wife Usha Chandra have been named ‘Brisbane City’s citizens of the year 2019’. A very prestigious award presented for the first time to a couple. Umesh completed his studies in Punjab University. He has presented papers internationally on Diaspora studies in many Universities. He is a self-made successful businessman, starting up a business in a new country and taking it to new heights.